Calendrier Sportif
Encyclopedia
Calendrier Sportif is a 24-hour, French-language sports information radio station
, which airs on XM Satellite Radio
. On November 12, 2008, Calendrier Sportif was moved from channel 246 to channel 97.
audio format like XM's Traffic and Weather channels.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
, which airs on XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
. On November 12, 2008, Calendrier Sportif was moved from channel 246 to channel 97.
Programming
Calendrier Sportif features schedules on the various sporting events played on XM Radio. Unlike XM Sports Guide, the channel has its own audible content in French. The channel is broadcast in low-fidelity, voice-only AMBEAdvanced Multi-Band Excitation
Advanced Multi-Band Excitation is a proprietary speech coding standard developed by Digital Voice Systems, Inc.- Overview :AMBE is a codebook-based vocoder that operates at bitrates of between 2 and 9.6 kbit/s, and at a sampling rate of 8 kHz in 20-ms frames...
audio format like XM's Traffic and Weather channels.